A blog analyzing Major League Baseball through the lens of Astrology
Welcome to Astrology Baseball, a project where I arrange MLB players into teams based on their astrological signs, and then pit those teams against each other in mock fantasy seasons.
2016 and the Curse of the Billy Goat
If you believe in a pseudo-science like Astrology, you’re also likely to believe in paranormal concepts such as curses. One such curse that is related to baseball, if not astrology, is the Curse of the Billy Goat, which supposedly afflicted the Chicago Cubs until 2016.
2016 Astrology Awards Recap
2016 will hold a place in American history as the year in which one curse was broken, immediately before another was placed on the land. The first curse I’m referring to is the Curse of the Billy Goat, which ended on November 2, 2016 when the Chicago Cubs finally won the World Series after a 108-year drought. The second is the curse of Donald J. Trump’s presidency, which began six days later on a truly traumatizing Election Day.